Jessica Hamlin is a Senior Funds Columnist at Institutional Investor. She focuses on finance and investment, with particular expertise in alternative investments, asset management, and corporate finance, while also covering themes in energy policy, regulation, and credit health. Jessica's work has been featured in prominent outlets such as Morningstar, Yahoo Finance, PitchBook Data, and Yahoo Finance Canada.
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Jessica's coverage is heavily focused on the private equity sector, particularly on investment analysis and data-backed insights. She frequently cites data to support her articles and provides in-depth analysis of various investment trends.
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Ludovic Phalippou says the performance metric doesn't actually tell LPs anything.
By: Jessica Hamlin
B Capital is buying the $416 billion asset manager from TA Associates and Reverence Capital, the latest example of VC aiming to transform a staid industry using tech.
By: Jessica Hamlin
The credit ratings of some elite US universities are slipping, as financial constraints hit schools at the top of the ratings scale.
By: Jessica Hamlin
The credit ratings of some elite US universities are slipping, as financial constraints hit schools at the top of the ratings scale. Endowment returns aren’t the primary driver of the credit rating downgrades seen in recent weeks, but their high exposure to illiquid assets could hurt their ability to supplement a school’s operating expenses at a time of increasing need. Earlier this month, Moody’s Ratings revised Brown University‘s credit rating outlook to negative from stable, citing the weaken
By: Jessica Hamlin
It changed its compensation plan, too. CPP Investments changed how it measures its performance in fiscal year 2025. That same year, it changed the way it pays its executives.
Brookfield Asset Management and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have entered into an agreement to acquire real estate investment trust LXP
Single-asset continuation funds carried secondary deal volume to a first-half record in 2026, according to one of the most active intermediaries in the space.
New data from PitchBook confirms what many have long suspected: The largest allocators are stuck writing big checks to managers that underperform their smaller peers.
PitchBook's newest fund scorecard puts a Dallas-based lower-mid-market shop ahead of Thoma Bravo, GTCR and Francisco Partners.
End-of-year bonuses for private equity professionals are likely to be higher at larger managers compared to midsized and small buyout shops, as
